diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index 23e90b1864..ea169a3919 100644
--- a/share/sgml/news.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/news.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,33 @@
 <news>
   <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0">
     <cvs:keyword name="freebsd">
-      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.384 2011/06/14 12:22:05 gber Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.385 2011/07/15 21:09:33 zi Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
   <year>
     <name>2011</name>
 
+    <month>
+      <name>8</name>
+
+      <day>
+	<name>1</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os; 9.0-BETA1 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The first of the test builds for the &os;-9.0
+	    release cycles is now available.  ISO images for Tier-1
+	    architectures are now <a
+	    href="&lists.stable;/2011-August/063457.html">available</a>
+	    on most of the <a
+	    href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
+	    mirror sites</a>.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+    </month>
+
     <month>
       <name>7</name>